www.newsflashenglish.com The 4 page 60 minute ESL British English lesson 05/05/16 In what has been described as one of the most astonishing triumphs in British football history Leicester City have beaten the odds of 5000-1 to win this year s Premier League football tournament. It is a fairytale ending for the Foxes. Leicester City won it without kicking a ball, after Tottenham Hotspur failed to beat Chelsea in a decisive game on Monday night at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea fought back from 0-2 down to draw 2-2, thus ending Spurs title bid. SPEAKING WARM UP Think of three things you know about Leicester City football club. Go round the room swapping details with others. LISTENING WRITING - DICTATION The teacher will read some lines of the article slowly to the class. READING Students should now read the article aloud, swapping readers every paragraph. night s result means Leicester cannot be caught by their nearest rivals, even though there are two games still to go. This follows the Foxes clinching a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. biggest sporting shock of my lifetime. Jubilant fans exclaimed: We re the champions of the world. We were the underdogs and nobody thought we could do it. Following the Stamford Bridge result Leicester City celebrated. Pubs and front rooms packed with fans rapidly emptied onto the streets to celebrate the moment to paint the town blue. League trophy at their next home game against Everton on Saturday where the game is likely to be a carnival-like atmosphere. It is ironic now but the Foxes actually started the suffer relegation. Just how did Leicester City do it? Could it be the unearthing of English King Richard III from under a car park last year, or perhaps a bit of prayer power? (Continued of page 4) SPEAKING - UNDERSTANDING 1) The article Students check any unknown vocabulary or phrases with the teacher. 2) The article - Students should look through the article with the teacher. 1) What is the article about? 2) What do you think about the article? 3) Was this an easy or difficult article to understand? 4) Was this a boring or interesting article? 5) Discuss the article. 3) Article quiz - Students quiz each other in pairs. Score a point for each correct answer. Score half a point each time you have to look at the article for help. See who can get the highest score! Student A questions 1) Name the Thai owner of Leicester City football club. 2) Name the manager of Leicester City football club. 3) What is the nickname of Leicester City football club? 4) What did one bookmaker say? 5) What have Buddhist monks from Thailand got to do with Leicester City? Student B questions 1) Name three football teams. 2) Name the sports commentator. 3) What did jubilant fans say? 4) What were the original odds of Leicester City winning the title? 5) Name the English King. Category: Sport / Premier League / Leicester City Level: Intermediate / Upper Intermediate

05 th May 2016 WRITING / SPEAKING In pairs. On the board write as many words about the Leicester City Football Club Onetwo minutes. Compare with other teams. Using your words compile a short dialogue together. WRITING / SPEAKING In pairs Think of three reasons Leicester City Football club might have won the Premier League this year. Write them below. Discuss! 1) 2) 3) Add your top three English Premier League football teams. Discuss! 1) 2) 3) SPEAKING - ROLEPLAY 1 In pairs - Student A is a journalist. Student B is Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. 3 mins. SPEAKING - DISCUSSION In pairs - Compare the differences between Leicester City and your football team. Which team is better? Why? 3 mins. DISCUSSION Student A questions 1) What do you think about what you ve read? 2) Do you think the bookies were taken to the cleaners in the UK with the Leicester City result? 3) Who is the greatest English footballer? Why? 4) Which team do you support? 5) Is football big in your country? 6) Do you like to support the underdog? 7) Do you think that the Buddhist monks from Thailand made the difference to Leicester City winning the Premier League? 8) What have the press said about Leicester City winning the Premier League in the UK? 9) How do the Leicester City fans feel about their team winning the Premier League? 10) Have you learnt anything today? SPEAKING ROLEPLAY 2 In groups. One of you is the interviewer. The others are one of the following people. You are in the Discussion FM radio studio in London. Today s interview is about: Leicester City win Premier League. 1) A Leicester City fan in Leicester / in Thailand (Video link). 2) Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. 3) A sports journalist. 4) Claudio Ranieri. The teacher will choose some groups to roleplay their interview in front of the class. SPEAKING - ROLEPLAY 3 In pairs - Student A is a journalist. Student B is a Leicester City fan. 3 mins. SPEAKING - PRESENTATION Allow 10-15 minutes As a class. Prepare a 3-5 minute presentation on Ten things about Leicester City Football club winning the Premier League DISCUSSION (Google it if necessary!) The teacher can moderate the session. Student B questions 1) Did the headline make you want to read the article? 2) Which football team do you support? 3) Will you be switching to Leicester City next season? 4) How remarkable is it Leicester City winning the Premier League? 5) Who is Leicester City s best player? 6) What is the future like for Leicester City? 7) Will you be visiting Leicester City soon? 8) Do you like to bet on Premier League games? 9) Do you think that the discovery and unearthing of English King Richard III recently might have had something to do with a change in fortunes of Leicester City football club? 10) Did you like this discussion? 2

05 th May 2016 GAP FILL: READING GAP FILL: GRAMMAR In what has been described as one of the most astonishing (1) in British (2) history Leicester City have beaten the odds of 5000-1 to win this year s Premier League football (3). It is a (4) ending for the Foxes. Leicester City won it without kicking a ball, after Tottenham Hotspur failed to (5) Chelsea on Monday night in a decisive game at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea fought back from 0-2 down to (6) 2-2, thus ending Spurs title (7). night s result means Leicester cannot be caught by their nearest (8), even though there are two games still to go. This follows the Foxes clinching a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. rivals / beat / football / fairytale / draw / bid / tournament / triumphs In (1) has been described as one of the (2) astonishing triumphs in British football history Leicester City have beaten the odds of 5000-1 to win this year s Premier League football tournament. It is a fairytale ending for the Foxes. Leicester City won it without kicking a ball, after Tottenham Hotspur failed to beat Chelsea on Monday night in a decisive game at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea fought back from 0-2 down to draw 2-2, (3) ending Spurs title bid. night s result means Leicester cannot be caught by (4) nearest rivals, (5) (6) there are two games (7) to go. (8) follows the Foxes clinching a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. even / thus / this / still / what / though / most / their / biggest sporting (1) of my lifetime. Jubilant fans exclaimed: We re the champions of the world. We were the (2) and nobody thought we could do it. celebrated. Pubs and front rooms packed with fans rapidly emptied onto the streets to celebrate the moment to (3) the town blue. League (4) at their next home game against Everton on Saturday where the game is likely to be a carnival-like (5). It is ironic now but the Foxes actually started the suffer (6). Just how did Leicester City do it? Could it be the (7) of English King Richard III from under a car park last year, or perhaps a bit of (8) power? paint / prayer / atmosphere / unearthing / shock / trophy / underdogs / relegation biggest sporting shock of (1) lifetime. Jubilant fans exclaimed: We re the champions (2) the world. (3) were the underdogs and nobody thought we could do it. celebrated. Pubs and front rooms packed with fans rapidly emptied onto the streets to celebrate the moment to paint the town blue. League trophy (4) their next home game against Everton on Saturday where the game is likely to be a carnival-like atmosphere. It is ironic now (5) the Foxes actually started the suffer relegation. Just (6) did Leicester City do it? Could it be the unearthing of English King Richard III from under a car park last year, (7) perhaps (8) bit of prayer power? how / at / or / my / of / a / we / but 3

05 th May 2016 GAP FILL: LISTENING In what has been described as one of the most astonishing triumphs in history Leicester City have beaten the odds of 5000-1 to win this year s Premier League football tournament. It is a fairytale ending for the Foxes. Leicester City won it, after Tottenham Hotspur failed to beat Chelsea on Monday night in a decisive game at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea fought back from 0-2 down to draw 2-2, bid. champions in four decades. Last night s result means Leicester cannot be caught by their nearest rivals, even though there are two games still to go. This follows the Foxes clinching a 1-1 draw against Manchester United Sunday. biggest lifetime. Jubilant fans exclaimed: We re the champions of the world. We were the underdogs and nobody thought we could do it. READING / SPELLING READING from page 1 Leicester s billionaire owner is Thai owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. He left nothing to chance, even bringing in Buddhist monks from Thailand to pray for the team. In Thailand Leicester City are now huge! Perhaps it is really down to the Foxes Italian manager Claudio Ranieri? Unfortunately for the bookies, they have had to pay out a fortune to those punters who risked betting on Leicester City at the beginning of the season. As one bookmaker put it: The biggest sporting upset of all time. Another described it as: The biggest payout by a distance. Leicester is now definitely on the map! Leicester City meanwhile can look forward to playing in Europe next season. celebrated. Pubs and front rooms packed with fans rapidly emptied onto the streets to celebrate the moment. League trophy at their against Everton on Saturday where the game is likely to be a carnival-like atmosphere. the Foxes actually started the season tipped as one of the most likely teams to suffer relegation. Just how did Leicester City do it? Could it be the unearthing of English King Richard III from under a car park last year, or perhaps? www.newsflashenglish.com Copyright D. J. Robinson 2016 (V2) SPELLING The teacher will ask the class individually to spell the following words that are in the article. Afterwards check your answers. 1) prayer 2) Leicester City 3) perhaps 4) really 5) meanwhile 6) bookies 7) punters 8) bookmaker 9) definitely 10) season SPELLING Use the following ratings: Pass = 12 Good = 15 Very good = 18 Excellent = 20 11) triumphs 12) tournament 13) fairytale 14) champions 15) underdogs 16) trophy 17) atmosphere 18) relegation 19) could 20) unearthing 4

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